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To side with authoritarian russia instead of the west. in ad saying we want hungary to be a western country again. if you vote for orban youre voting for putin. or this one, saying, quote, orban, tell your friend of 12 years dont kill. orban has undeniably supported putin vee vetoing sanctions against moscow over the years and expanding the russian hungarian partnership. >> for russian policies of viktor orban which are a very important building block of his political ambition, are now exposed. ...

What began as a campaign focused on local issues, now has opposition leaders determined to link orban with putin and his bloody war in ukraine. with political attack ads painting orban as moscows puppet, a strongman leader determined to side with authoritarian russia, instead of the democratic west. this ad saying, quote, we want hungary to be a western country again. if you are voting for orban, youre voting for putin. or this one, saying, quote, orban, tell your friend of 12 years dont kill. o...

Mission. >> reporter: with putins popularity plummeting, the opposition calculus is simple. orban plus putin equals a winning political strategy. not so fast, because orban is fighting back. call it a flip-flop, a pivot, but orban is no longer putins best buddy. even though not openly criticizing him personally the hungarian leader went along with sanctions against russia and described the invasion as russian aggression and despite being vehemently anti-immigrant for years now let in hundreds of...